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| Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Description SPAN 201 4 (four) credit class |
Sec. 01- MWF
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Room: RH 304 Sec. 03- MWF 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Room: RH 304 |
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| Syllabus |
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| Materials | Extra Resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | Assessment and Grading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance & Punctuality | Honor Code | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participation | Disability Support Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials |
* Textbook: Punto y aparte, Spanish in Review-Moving Toward Fluency. Pgs. 1–95; 185–214;3rd edition by Sharon Foerster, Anne Lambright and Fatima Alfonso-Pinto * Literature Book: Lecturas Literarias para acompañar; Punto y aparte by Lambright, Marcano-Ogando and Foerster (2007) * Workbook: Manual que acompaña; Punto y aparte by Foerster, Lambright, Alfonso-Pinto * Website: Punto y aparte * Dictionary: A good quality Spanish/English dictionary is recommended * Blue Book Examination Book: 11x 8.5 for Diarios de conversación (Diarios) * Cd-Rom: Gramática Viva (available only on LRC) |
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| Course Objectives | This course will offer students the opportunity to expand their vocabulary, improve grammatical accuracy, write and speak paragraph length discourse, and gain greater social, cultural, political, and historical understanding of the Spanish-speaking world. To accomplish our vocabulary and grammar goals, we will focus on the four communicative functions shown below and the key grammatical structures needed to perform these functions. These are found "puntos claves" sections of the textbook: • Describe Below you will find all the activities and requirements necessary for this course. |
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| Attendance and Punctuality | All students are allowed 3 unexcused absences. After 3 unexcused absences, your final course grade drops by one letter grade per missed absence (eg. A+ to A, or B- to C+). Excused absences are only allowed in the case of participation in university-sponsored activities, interviews, school visits, religious observance, or serious illness. It is your responsibility to provide evidence no later than the last day of class (it is best if you provide evidence in advance), so that your absence may be documented. Punctuality is required. Chronic late arrival and/or early departure will negatively affect your attendance grade. You are responsible for catching up with the assignments done in class during your absence. Your course syllabus will help you. It is recommended for you to get one or/and two classmates' phone #, e-mail addresses to contact to check about your missing class. |
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| Participation | Students are expected to come to class every day, and actively participate in it. Good participation means that you need to use Spanish as much as possible in class, be proactive and attentive, have a positive attitude, be prepared, listen respectfully to others, and actively participate in small group and whole class activities and discussions. We do a large amount of pair and group work in this class, and you will have to be proactive about finding a partner(s) to work with. Simply showing up for class is not enough to earn a good participation grade; rather, your presence should make a positive difference in the quality of the class. Your participation is related to your effort and your improvement in the class, and together these form an important component of how you are evaluated in the course. A daily self-evaluation sheet in which you will take into account attendance, punctuality, preparation and active participation, and interaction in Spanish will be provided. The criteria and scoring guidelines are shown in the Participation Criteria. Your honest self-evaluation will help you to be aware of the participation portion of your grade; however the instructor will decide the final percentage points based on observance throughout the semester. Wearing sunglasses is not permitted during class. |
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Homework and Special Assignments |
Late work will only be accepted without a penalty if you contact me ahead of time, or as soon as possible following an incident such as an emergency or a serious illness. If you know in advance that you will not be able to turn something in on the due date because of University-sponsored events or religious observance, you must make arrangements with me. There is a deadline for every assignment indicated in the class syllabus. Each homework shown in the syllabus has to be turned in before the end of the class that day. Here are the specifics about your assignments |
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| Assessment & Grading |
Quizzes (Pruebas): There will be six (6) quizzes throughout the semester covering vocabulary and grammar from the textbook. These quizzes are only taken in class. Dates are noted in the syllabus. Exams: There will be three (3) exams, one for each chapter of the book. No final exam is given. The exams will be based on the material taught in class, and daily homework assignments. Each exam has two parts: reading/writing and listening/speaking; it will take two class sessions to be completed. These exams are only taken in the LRC lab. The only help you may use during the exam is the NotePad. No other materials are allowed then. Dates are noted in the syllabus. Grades:
Evaluation is according to the following scale
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Contact
CSL – MS 36
Rayzor Hall Room 320 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, Texas 77005 Office
Hours: M-W-F: 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Phone:
713-348-2844 |